--- title: Numbers 14:19 (JPS 1917) — Pardon, I pray Thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the… · tree and pragmatics description: Pardon, I pray Thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of Thy lovingkindness, and according as Thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.' Who acts: you, I, Thou. 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The page gives the sentence's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, parsed by Mova and checked by a teacher model — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, I, Thou), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it. The original of the verse links back to its own tree and to the Targum. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = jps:NUM:541 # text = Pardon, I pray Thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of Thy lovingkindness, and according as Thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.' 1 Pardon pardon VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 5 Thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 obj _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 iniquity iniquity NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 11 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 12 according accord VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 case _ _ 13 unto unto ADP IN _ 12 fixed _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 greatness greatness NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 lovingkindness lovingkindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 21 according accord VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 mark _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 fixed _ _ 23 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nsubj _ _ 24 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 forgiven forgive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 conj _ _ 26 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 det _ _ 27 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 from from ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 31 even even ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 32 until until ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 obl _ _ 34 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ 35 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=imp, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pardon** | imperative | you *not said here* | the iniquity of this people | | | | accord the greatness of Thy lovingkindness | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent iniquity=Theme | | 2 | **pray** | present | I | Thee | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **forgive** | present · perfect | Thou | this people | | Egypt | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The Hebrew of this verse {#hebrew} סְלַֽח־נָ֗א לַעֲוֺ֛ן הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּ֖ה כְּגֹ֣דֶל חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ וְכַאֲשֶׁ֤ר נָשָׂ֙אתָה֙ לָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה מִמִּצְרַ֖יִם וְעַד־הֵֽנָּה׃ [Numbers 14:19: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.14.19/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NUM:541` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Numbers 14:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.540/) - next →: [Numbers 14:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.542/) - ↑ back to [Numbers 14:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.14.19/)